Welcome to ED510c Fall 2010 - Research Ethics Wiki

Instructions

Contact your group members and decide who will be responsible for what.
Navigate to the appropriate page
Create and edit your entry
Read the entries of your classmates
Be prepared to answer questions about research ethics based upon what your classmates develop.

The first two groups must create a history and explanation of the following two failures of ethics in sex research. In doing so, answer the questions:
- What happened?
- When?
- What were the ethical violations?
- How did this influence research ethics?
  - Tuskeege
    - Leticia Brown, Christopher Wilson, Sapana Panday, Megan Graham
  - Laud Humphreys and Tea Room Trade
    - Virginia Brown, Charles Wampold, Amy Oakes, Jeremy Irvin
The following groups need to answer the questions:
- How does the topic affect research proposals?
- What must be considered?
- What challenges does it represent for research around sexuality related research?
- Give one example that illustrates the issue.
  - Vulnerable Populations: Children, the handicapped, the elderly and prisoners
    - Lindsey Cain, Azucena Uguarte, Natalie Murray
  - Informed Consent
    - Juan Camarena, Kenneth Travis, Lakeisha Moore
  - Confidentiality through the right to privacy
    - Shawn Chrisman, Mary Jeanne Smith, Gina Lepore
  - Truthtelling and Deception
    - Caitlin Connor, Patricia Scepansky, Ladawn Lanier
  - Researcher's responsibility for harmful consequences
    - Rebecca Dewar, Frances Santoleri, Megan Kane
The next group will answer the questions:
- What is an Institutional Review Board?
- Who usually comprises such a Board?
- What are the general tasks of an IRB?
- What are their greatest concerns?